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jho37

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According to the textbook, we will form a connection between a new piece of information and something we already know only if:
 
  a. The connection between them is readily apparent.
  b. Both things are in working memory at the same time.
  c. The two things are encoded in the same way (i.e., as eidetic images, productions, or propositions).
  d. The two things were learned in the same environmental context.

Question 2

Which one of the following statements best describes how learners are apt to acquire procedural knowledge?
 
  a. In some cases, learners first learn it as declarative knowledge; with time and practice, it gradually becomes procedural knowledge.
  b. Learners initially learn it as one or more auditory images; eventually, they recode it into visual images.
  c. Learners typically acquire it in a rapid, all-or-none fashion; one minute they don't have it, the next minute they do.
  d. In acquiring procedural knowledge, learners bypass working memory; the knowledge goes immediately from the sensory register into long-term memory.



matt

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a



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